dative

About 0.66 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Denoting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter or indirect object, generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective.
2. adjective In one’s gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office or other privilege.
3. adjective Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; — said of an officer.
4. adjective Given by a judge, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law itself.
5. adjective Formed by two electrons contributed by one atom; see dative bond.
6. adjective Given in advance; not needed to be calculated.
7. noun The dative case.
8. noun A word inflected in the dative case.

Similar words

dative case experiencer instrumental andative locative periphrastic usitative inflected de dicto adverbative

Often followed by

case and of is in plural singular or object

Word family

datives